Havelock Public Library

If you have not submitted your choices for title selection for this coming year, please email Luann Rottmann.

The title for September will be “Zookeeper’s Wife”. The title will be available for sign out August 18th when we meet to discuss “Jade Dragon Mountain”. The discussion for “Zookeeper’s Wife” will be Wednesday, September 27th at 10:00 am.  Is someone interesting in the leading the discussion?

 Other titles that have gotten votes are: A Man Called Ove, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, History of Love, The Bishop’s Wife, Cold Mountain, and The Stranger.  A schedule will be passed out in September and hopefully, by then, we will know about the Let’s Talk About It series also.

Please mark your calendars!

On Tuesday, August 15th 2017 at 1:00 pm, the Havelock Library will be presenting a program “The Great American Eclipse of 2017 and What to Expect in Eastern North Carolina” presented by Tom Lonka.

On Friday, August 18th 2017 at 10:00 am, we will be discussing the book “Jade Dragon Mountain”.

Special glasses will be available to all who participate (as long as supplies last).

Stay tuned for other possible events!

Our Children’s Summer Reading Program 2017 was an awesome success.  The children enjoyed making some outstanding projects illustrating the theme “Building a Better World”.

For the final meeting and party on August 9th, we had Author Jay Manning join our children for a presentation.  The children were thrilled with his reading as well as our librarian, Margie Garrison!  What a wonderful time!

In conjuction with the August 21st solar eclipse*, the entire reading community of our  Regional Library System is reading the book Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart. Paperback copies of the book are available now for sign out.  Our book discussion will take place August 18th at 10:00 am at the Havelock Library.

This book, set in China in the 18th century, involves the emperor traveling from Beijing to the southwestern part of his empire to command an eclipse.  The book is a murder mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie’s works, and features Li Du, an exile imperial librarian, as the major sleuth. Ebook and audio formats are currently available from: https://cpcregional.overdrive.com.

*Note: In Morehead City on August 21st,  the solar eclipse will begin at 1:22 pm. The time of maximum eclipse is 2:50 pm and the eclipse will end at 4:10 pm. Please view safely!

The North Carolina Public Library Directors Association (NCPLDA) together with OverDrive and the state of North Carolina has created a new digital resource sharing service for children pre-K through 4th grade, NC Kids Digital Library.  Over 3,700 eBooks, eAudiobooks, videos and Read-Alongs are now available to younger readers via 85 regional, county and municipal libraries in North Carolina through OverDrive’s digital reading platform.  These materials are instantly available for every child, at home and everywhere.

To Sign in:  Choose our regional name, Craven-Pamlico-Carteret Regional.  Then, enter your library card number and the last four digits of your phone number, just like using our library catalog.

Some quick facts:

• You can borrow up to five (5)  titles for 7, 14, or 21 days
• Read online or download to a device
• Titles for pre-school through 4th grade
• Dyslexic type option & narrated Read-Along titles available
• Help with devices and using the OverDrive App: https://help.overdrive.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1481729-getting-started-with-overdrive